Usually means: Medium-sized bird with curved bill.
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  1. whimbrel: Merriam-Webster
  2. whimbrel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whimbrel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. whimbrel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. whimbrel: Wordnik
  6. whimbrel: Wiktionary
  7. whimbrel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. whimbrel: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. whimbrel: Dictionary.com
  10. Whimbrel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Whimbrel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. whimbrel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Whimbrel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. whimbrel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. whimbrel: FreeDictionary.org
  16. whimbrel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whimbrel)

▸ noun:  A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.

Similar:
wimbrel, curlew, whim, Hudsonian whimbrel, sabrebill, titterel, spoonbill, Hudsonian curlew, mowyer, weebill, more...

Types:
curlew, godwit, snipe, woodcock, plover, lapwing, skua, sandpiper, more...

Phrases:
Eurasian whimbrel, more...

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Similar:
wimbrel, curlew, whim, Hudsonian whimbrel, sabrebill, titterel, spoonbill, Hudsonian curlew, mowyer, weebill, more...

Types:
curlew, godwit, snipe, woodcock, plover, lapwing, skua, sandpiper, more...

Phrases:
Eurasian whimbrel, more...



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